Root Beer

It's more expensive to make your own, but you can't buy classic taste like this.

I've decided to spend more time on non-programming pursuits and I landed on trying to make my own root beer. I found a from-scratch recipe online that I thought might be good, but was ultimately disappointed with the results. So, I decided to try my own with the help of an extract and some of the other ingredients from that recipe. I use a Soda Stream to carbonate the water, but the syrup itself is really easy to make: it shouldn't take you more than 20-30 minutes or so: